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A controversial new book about the last days of former South African President Nelson Mandela has been withdrawn by the publisher. Mandela's family had complained...

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, reportedly lavished his sister in-law with R780,000 which is approxiamtly $60,000, as she celebrated her 60th birthday on July 23...

A nine-year-old infected with HIV at birth has spent most of their life without needing any treatment, say doctors in South Africa. The child, whose...

A suicide car bomb has exploded in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 24 people, officials have told the BBC. At least 42 were...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its forecasts for US and UK economic growth this year, following "weaker-than-expected activity" in the first three...

Prince William and Prince Harry have recalled the “fun” way their mother brought them up saying Princess Diana was a “total kid through and...

Nigeria's president has been pictured in London for the first time since he left his homeland almost 80 days ago. President Muhammadu Buhari, 74, came...

A pastor’s wedding was stopped midway in All Saints Anglican Cathedral in Abakaliki after a lady accused him of dating her and dumping her...

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has quit, reportedly in protest at a shake-up of the communications team. Mr Spicer stepped down because he was...

A five-year-old girl was fined £150 by a council for selling 50p cups of lemonade to festival goers. The girl's father Andre Spicer said his...

Six teenagers from Burundi taking part in a robotics competition in the US have been reported missing, police say. Four boys and two girls -...

Thousands of Brits are feared to have been caught up in a deadly earthquake off the coasts of Turkey, Rhodes and Kos which has...

Former US football star and actor OJ Simpson has been granted parole after nine years in a Nevada prison. "Thank you!" said 70-year-old Simpson, bowing...

A Saudi prince has been arrested on the orders of Saudi King Salman bin Abdelaziz after videos were circulated on social media which appeared...

The State minister for Youth and Children Affairs, Ms Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi, says the failure by wives to respect their husbands is driving men...

US President Donald Trump’s eldest son, his son-in-law and his former campaign manager are to testify before Senate committees investigating alleged Russian meddling in...

Veteran US Republican Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer and is reviewing treatment options, his office says. His treatment may include a...

Three Kenyan men – who stripped, robbed and attacked a woman in a bus, in an incident that was recorded and widely shared on...

On Tuesday June 20 Mohammed bin Nayef, a powerful figure in Saudi Arabia's security apparatus for the past two decades and the next in...

War crimes judges will rule whether former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo can be released from prison for the rest of his trial on charges...

US President Donald Trump met his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at a second, previously undisclosed meeting at the G20 in Germany earlier this month,...

Radio France International’s Hausa service journalist Ahmed Abba who was sentenced to 10 years in prison this year by a Cameroon military tribunal has...

President Donald Trump has said the new Republican healthcare policy should be to allow the current law to collapse. "I'm not going to own it,"...

Kenya’s main opposition leader Raila Odinga has called on his supporters not to have sex on the eve of the elections on August 8. The National Super...

US tech giant Apple has previewed forthcoming emojis, including one that depicts a woman wearing a hijab. More than 12 animated symbols were unveiled on...

A TV debate for Kenyan politicians hoping to become deputy president in next month's elections went ahead even though only one candidate took part. Muthiora...

The United States said Monday that Iran is continuing to comply with the terms of the nuclear deal that curbed Iran's nuclear program in...

Tanzanian police have detained a pastor after two worshippers drowned while being baptised in a river near Rombo in the north of the country. The...

A baboon in Zambia has tampered with the cables at a power station in the south of the country leaving 50,000 people without electricity. It...

The 39-old woman has allegedly paid assassins to kill her husband for marrying a second wife. According to CP Adeoye, the incident happened at the...

An ambulance carrying South Africa's first democratically elected president Nelson Mandela caught fire as it was rushing him to hospital, his doctor revealed in...

At least one person has been shot dead while waiting to vote in an unofficial, opposition-organised referendum in Venezuela. Men on motorbikes killed a woman...

A Brazilian politician has accused left-wing protesters of physically and verbally abusing her wedding guests over her family’s support for President Michel Temer. Maria Victoria Barros,...

New revelations about Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting last summer with a Russian lawyer are continuing to surface a week after the revelation rocketed the...

The U.S. Justice Department on Friday filed a lawsuit seeking to recover assets that include a $50 million Manhattan apartment and an $80 million...

Ghanaian footballer Solomon Nyantakyi shocked the footballing world after he killed his mum and sister in Italy. The 21 year old who plays for Parma...

This morning, Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh who says she is now a born again Christian said she's working on cleaning off all her tattoos. She...

A thirteen-year-old boy has been found dead in an uncompleted building beside his home after his mother allegedly rained abuses on him. The teenager, simply...

President Donald Trump has apparently dismissed news accounts of the latest revelations about a meeting between members of his presidential campaign and a Russian...

Eight people have been killed during a Senegal football league final in Dakar in a stampede that broke out following clashes at the end...